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Burnout And Stress Are Words Instantly Recongnizable To Those Individuals In The Caring Professions - Not Least Teachers. The Education System In Its Process Of Reform Has Been Slow To Respond To The Problem Of Growing Disillusionment In Teachers; Failing To Acknowledge The Lack Of Support And Recognition For The Contribution Teachers Make To Society. Based On Analysis Of The Psychological Needs Of Teachers, Stress And Burnout, This Book Aims To Provide Insights Into The Nature Ofstress And Burnout. It Gives Practical Advice And Outlines A Programme For Dealing With These Issues.; Specific Attention Is Paid To How Teachers Perceive The Negative Factors Associated With Stress And Burnout, Why Teachers Experience Such Problems And What They Can Do To Alleviate The Situation. This Book Should Help Teachers To Deal More Ably With The Stresses Of Teaching And Their Resultant Self-perception. It Aims To Empower The Teacher And Return Him/her To A Position Of Confidence From Which The Creative And Intelligent Output Can Once More Emerge. Cover -- Teachers Managing Stress And Preventing Burnout: The Professional Health Solution -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Part I Introducation -- Chapter 1 A Profession In Disillusionment -- Chapter 2 Stress: A Mirror Of Your Perceptions -- Chapter 3 Burnout: The Insidious Disease -- Chapter 4 Psychological Support: The Ph Solution -- Part Ii Professional Health: The Three Domains Of Need -- Chapter 5 Emotional-physical Needs -- Chapter 6 Psycho-social Needs -- Chapter 7 Personal-intellectual Needs -- Part Iii Anatomy Of Support: Taking Responsibility -- Chapter 8 Communication To Enhance Personal And Professional Effectiveness -- Chapter 9 Communication For Interpersonal Support -- Chapter 10 Individual Insight Strategy -- Chapter 11 Interpersonal Support Strategy -- Chapter 12 Guided Group Interaction Strategy -- Part Iv Impementation: Individual And Group Approaches -- Chapter 13 Developing A Personal Life Plan -- Chapter 14 Developing A School Or Organization Program -- Chapter 15 Conclusion And Beginning -- References -- Index.